Daufresne Poire

Poires and Perries have became my new passion. I’ve had pear ciders and not generally been that fond of them. Pear ciders are apple cider based with pears, usually dessert/culinary pears, added for flavoring. Because of that, I’d never really chased after Perries or Poires thinking they’d be something similar. I know, my mistake.

At CiderCon, I tried Oliver’s Herefordshire Perry. Wow! Then a few days later I tried Oliver’s Classic Perry. Again, wow! A few days later, I tried Eric Bordelet’s Poire. I think I can now say I’m officially hooked on real poires and perries.

Ciderie Daufresne‘s orchards are located in the south of Normandy on southward facing slopes which used to host vineyards. In the 1960’s, Phillipe Daufresne decided to use the incredible location to plant cider apples so he could produce Calvados and Cidre. For 50 years, the Daufresne family ran the orchards and ciderie until they sold it to Ghislaine Davy in 2012. She recently won the prestigious Golden Apple in Frankfurt’s Salon du Vin et Cidre. Currently, production is just over 10,000 cases per year.